Posters are saying today is way better than the 90s. Is that true?

[dora_da_destroyer]

if i went back it would be 2000-2010. that was the sweet spot to me. but i think people are underestimating how good we have it with technology compared to the 90s.

what are we underestimating? i don't think we've improved, we've gone too far. we had the internet in the 90's, but the internet was something you were on for a couple hours and went about your day, now it is people's whole day. having more of everything made shyt worse - there's not many common connectors as everyone is buried in their own little enclave, and when it comes to social & political stuff, that shyt does nothing but radicalize people and make them hostile to other ways of thinking.

95-05 was perfect

 

[O.G.B]

The 80's - early 2000's


Mid/late 2000's

 

[8WON6]

what are we underestimating? i don't think we've improved, we've gone too far. we had the internet in the 90's, but the internet was something you were on for a couple hours and went about your day, now it is people's day. having more of everything made shyt worse - there's not many common connectors as everyone is buried in their own little enclave, and when it comes to social stuff, that shyt does nothing but radicalize people and make them hostile to other ways of thinking.

95-05 was perfect

people are really underestimating using search engines.
people are underestimating entertainment options like streaming. Having to physically leave the house to go look for a movie at blockbuster vs sitting on your couch and using a remote.
You see 4k video, then going back to tube tvs.
Gaming.
Yo car breakdown somewhere, and you gotta find a phone somewhere, hopefully, you remember phone numbers and hopefully the people you call are sitting next to the phone vs calling for help directly in their pocket.
and a host of other things.

again, people are definitely glamourizing "being disconnected".

edit: and i see alot of people are speaking about this like when they were kids, so they remember the good nostalgia. i guess i'm mainly speaking like if i was an adult in both eras.

 

[Kiyoshi-Dono]

Hunchin
Sneakers were better
Sports was better
Outside Outside
fukk today
Give my childhood byke

 

[Blankthawtz]

Threads like these is why I hate the entire human race and can't wait for its complete extinction.....

 

[Gritsngravy]

Sounds like y’all just looking at the past with rose tinted glasses

 

[Ezekiel 25:17]

Sounds like y’all just looking at the past with rose tinted glasses

More mass shootings and high cost of living sound good to you? Because that's what's going on today.

 

[god shamgod]

Technology is literally the only thing that makes today better

80% of this site were toddlers or not alive in the 90’s , how tf would y’all know

 

[Gritsngravy]

More mass shootings and high cost of living sound good to you? Because that's what's going on today.

Compared to school shootings and crack in the 90s?

 

[Child_Of_God]

The only thing that this current era has over the 90’s is advance technology and somewhat lesser crime. Other than that the 90’s got this current era beat. People were more approachable back then, everything was cheaper, entertainment (TV shows and movies) was at its peak, the twin towers were still standing and music was much much better.

 

[Gritsngravy]

Y’all may not like what’s goin on today but it could always be worse
But what exactly was going on in the 90s to say it’s better than today

 

[B86]

I can’t say things were “better” in the 90s but it sure does seem like none of these younger people nowadays have any kind of people skills, barely any work skills, can’t properly communicate with each other unless it’s through a phone, can’t read/comprehend anything, no hands on skills with any kind of building materials…but I can see how some say it’s better now, as far as technology

 

[semicko82]

Today is way better just off the advancements in technology and medicine alone

 

[Ezekiel 25:17]

Compared to school shootings and crack in the 90s?

You sure about that?

Shooting Incidents at K-12 Schools (Jan 1970-Jun 2022)​

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Yeah times are definitely better

Number of mass shootings in the U.S. 1982-2024| Statista

As of September 4, there were two mass shootings in the United States in 2024.

www.statista.com

 

[Koli_Kat]

How is life better today than in the 1990s?

While overall crime is down, economic mobility is probably worse than ever.

Healthcare costs more than ever.
Housing costs more than ever.
Food costs refuse to come down.

Even dating is a shyt show with social media and inflated sense of self.

Exactly how is your life better now?

If you got money all that costs shyt in negligible.